NBA head coach believes Cedar Rapids can support D' League team

Five days ago a sellout crowd at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids watched the Minnesota Timberwolves play the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA preseason game.

T-Wolves head coach Flip Saunders coached in the minor league Continental Basketball Association back in the late eighties and early 90's when the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets was a part of that league.

Saunders says Cedar Rapids was a great market for minor league basketball and he believes an NBA Developmental league team can make it in Cedar Rapids.

"Now you have some local teams with the hybrid situations where the staff, coaches are being paid for by the NBA.." Saunders said, "and gives them a better opportunity to make money and survive and the more money they make they use to promote and draw people into the arena. I believe right now its advantage for smaller markets like Cedar Rapids to survive and not fold because they can't make it financially."

More than 6800 fans attended the Bucks/T-Wolves preseason game in Cedar Rapids. Only 6100 fans were at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee on Wednesday night to watch these same two teams play another preseason game.

Just hours after landing in Taipei the Iowa baseball team got right down to business, posting a 10-5 win over the Czech National Team in an exhibition contest Thursday afternoon. The Hawkeyes, representing team USA at the World University Games, got a pair of 3-run home runs out of Robert Neustrom to clinch the victory.

Just hours after landing in Taipei the Iowa baseball team got right down to business, posting a 10-5 win over the Czech National Team in an exhibition contest Thursday afternoon. The Hawkeyes, representing team USA at the World University Games, got a pair of 3-run home runs out of Robert Neustrom to clinch the victory.

The Missouri Valley Conference exercised an option to keep the men's basketball tournament in Saint Louis through at least 2020. The previous agreement ended in 2018 with a two year to remain at the Scottrade Center. The tournament, known as Arch Madness, will conduct it's 30th straight tournament in Saint Louis in 2020.

The Missouri Valley Conference exercised an option to keep the men's basketball tournament in Saint Louis through at least 2020. The previous agreement ended in 2018 with a two year to remain at the Scottrade Center. The tournament, known as Arch Madness, will conduct it's 30th straight tournament in Saint Louis in 2020.

Football is back. Preseason football, that is. KWWL is airing all four Green Bay Packer preseason football games both its main channel and the CW. This Sunday, August 19, the Packers head to Maryland to play the Redskins at 6:30 p.m. This will be on the CW, however only syndicated shows will be affected so there isn't anything re-airing. Next Saturday, August 26, the Packers head to Denver to play the Broncos at 8:00 p.m. on KWWL. The KWWL News at 10 will run on the CW....